Executive Director of the CICA Secretariat Ambassador Gong Jianwei had a meeting with the faculty members and students of the Diplomacy College of the Academy of State Management under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in Astana on 12 May 2015.

Ambassador Gong Jianwei made a comprehensive presentation on the evolution of the CICA process, its further development, achievements and future prospects. He emphasized that despite certain geographical, historic, economic, political, social and cultural diversity, CICA has become an important international forum for strengthening cooperation aimed at ensuring peace, security and stability in Asia. This is confirmed by the fact that today 26 countries are participating in the activities of the Conference; and they are convinced that precisely such structure responds to modern realities of the development of countries of Asian continent.

Talking about the prospects of the development of CICA process Ambassador Gong Jianwei also familiarized the audience with the priorities of Chinese Chairmanship of CICA for the period 2014-2016.